A History of Social Protection in Latin America: From Conquest to Conditional Cash Transfers

This paper reviews the development of the Latin American welfare state since the conquest, illustrating how initial factor endowments arrested the development of inclusive social policies. With industrialization social insurance was expanded to urban working and middle classes, however, it took the...

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Published in:	Revue Interventions Économiques
Main Author:	Emily J. Brearley
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Association d'Economie Politique
Subjects:	Latin America Conditional Cash Transfers Social Protection Social Assistance Social Insurance Poverty Reduction
Online Access:	https://journals.openedition.org/interventionseconomiques/2926